{"id":758,"date":"2026-03-27T15:06:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/?p=758"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:08:40","slug":"2025-organic-vintage-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/en\/2026\/03\/27\/2025-organic-vintage-tasting\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Organic Vintage Tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This morning, we held a tasting of the\u00a02025 Organic (BIO) vintage<\/strong>\u00a0with S\u00e9bastien, our cellar master and oenologist. The sample was drawn from a 50-hectolitre organic wine vat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The wine is fresh and supple, featuring notes of undergrowth and morello cherries<\/strong>. Its ruby hue is characteristic of a natural wine<\/strong>. On the palate, as my grandfather used to say, it is \u00ab\u00a0highly drinkable\u00a0\u00bb (il se laisse bien boire<\/em>). A slight acidity remains, which will mellow out over time before bottling; this liveliness serves as the backbone for its aging potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We did not use thermo-vinification<\/strong>, which is likely what preserves that impression of a natural wine true to its terroir. The malolactic fermentation followed the alcoholic fermentation; this transition from yeast to bacterial activity ensures a very balanced and stable wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The production of an organic wine, much like organic grape growing, is subject to a mandatory audit. Alpes-Contr\u00f4le<\/strong> is in charge of this audit and has taken a sample to ensure the absence of unauthorized inputs, such as pesticides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this specific organic vintage, the grapes were not destemmed: maceration took place using whole bunches<\/strong>. Naturally, the harvest from organic plots is handled separately from the traditional harvest: all pipes, pumps, and presses must be thoroughly rinsed between each batch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this vintage, there was no chaptalization<\/strong>. As for sulfur (SO2\u200b), the levels are very low\u2014well below the limits required for organic certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all, this vintage is delicious, especially with its notes of morello cherry, one of my favorite fruits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning, we held a tasting of the\u00a02025 Organic (BIO) vintage\u00a0with S\u00e9bastien, our cellar master and oenologist. The sample was drawn from a 50-hectolitre organic wine vat: The wine is fresh and supple, featuring notes of undergrowth and morello cherries. Its ruby hue is characteristic of a natural wine. On the palate, as my grandfather used to… Poursuivre la lecture 2025 Organic Vintage Tasting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classe-en","entry"],"mb":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_7810-2.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_featured_media_url","jetpack_sharing_enabled","gutenberg_elementor_mode"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":760,"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions\/760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintennemond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}